The Tournées Festival - 'Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge'

Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien and based on the classic French short The Red Balloon, this film tells the story of a French family as seen through the eyes of a Chinese student, Song Fang. Suzanne (Juliette Binoche) hires the young Taiwanese student attending university in France to take care of her 7-year-old son, Simon, while she is at work. Soon, Song Fang and Simon share an imaginary world in which a bizarre red balloon follows them almost everywhere.

Admission is free. All films are subtitled in English. The Tournées Festival: French Films on the CLU Campus is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC). The Tournées Festival is sponsored by the Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation and highbrow entertainment. All films are subtitled in English.